Wildfire near Luz
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Spanning 250 ha (618 acres) near Luz, Portugal, an active wildfire that started on 2026-07-22 is burning with an intense heat signature detected by satellites based on peak fire radiative power.
In the past 48 hours, satellites have picked up 20 heat detections clustered nearby, signaling the spread of the fire.
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